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Correspondence relating to the Kansas State Temperance Union and its activities promoting the enforcement of prohibition in the state of Kansas. Frank M. Stahl served as superintendent and John Marshall served as attorney. They wrote a number of the letters contained in this collection. Leaders of the temperance movement frequently corresponded with county attorneys, civic leaders, ministers, and pastors. Included are several letters supporting James A. Lyons of Langdon, Kansas, who was charged with selling intoxicating liquors, and a circular announcing the guilty verdict in the case of Assistant Attorney General C. W. Trickett of Wyandotte County, Kansas, who accepted illegal fees in the prosecution of liquor cases. The collection contains correspondence from numerous Kansas communities.
Date: 1909
Item Number: 227683
Call Number: Temperance History Coll. #645, Box 9 Folder 7 - Box 10 Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227683
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Secretaries
Collections - Manuscript - History - Temperance
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - Kansas State Temperance Union
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Community Life - Religion - Christianity
Date - 1900s - 1909
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Prohibition and temperance
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Alcohol consumption
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Dobbs, Mary E.
Places - Cities and towns - Langdon
Places - Counties - Reno
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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